Broom holder



NW. 12, 1946. c, c, HICK AN 2,410,972

BROOM HOLDER Filed Nov. 11 1944 57 33: Inventor C/arezzc'e flztwwm.

Patented Nov. 12, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BROOM HOLDER Clarence C. Hickman, Lexington, Va.

Application November 11, 1944, Serial No. 563,009

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to improvements in broom holders and has for its object to provide a device attachable to a Wall or other vertical surface, whereby a broom may be suspended with the sweep up.

Another object of the invention is to provide a broom holder formed of a single piece of wire bent and shaped to carry the sweep of a broom and having its attaching portions flattened to receive screws or nails.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of the nature above mentioned and adapted to support a plurality of .brooms in suspended position.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description and the accompanying illustrative drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a modification,

Figure 2 is a front elevational View thereof, and

Figure 3 is a top plan View of the modification.

In Figures 1, 2 and 3, I show a species of the invention in which the parallel arms 3|] and 3|, connected by a rectangular securing plate 32, are extended forwardly and provided with a series of U-members 33 and 34 respectively, the U-members of each arm being in parallel relation with one another across the channel 35 between them, whereby each opposing pair of U-members form a support for a broom, the handle of which is inserted through the channel 35, spacing said U- members apart. The outer ends 36 and 31, are

turned down and in to form knee braces termi- I nating with rectangular securing pads 38 and 39 with screw holes. It is obvious that any number of pairs of U-members 33 and 34, may be provided to hold an equal number of flat headed brooms all facing in the same direction.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after considering the description in connection with the drawing. 7 Therefore, more description is regarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in shape, size and rearrangement of details and parts such as come Within the purview of the invention claimed maybe resorted to, in actual practice, if desired.

Having now described my invention that which I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

In a holder for a plurality of fiat-headed brooms, a single piece of metal wire bent to a form including a U-member, each arm thereof having a plurality of U-members for supporting an equal number of brooms, said first-mentioned U-memher having a central rectangular securing plate, the wire of the outer end of each arm being turned inwardly to form a knee bracket bent towards the plane of said flat plate and having a rectangular terminal providing a securing plate bent upon a common plane with said first securing plate to form supporting braces for said holder, said securing plate and said terminals adapted to be secured to a wall, whereby all the brooms may be supported with the flat faces of their heads facing said Wall without turning.

CLARENCE C. I-IICKMAN. 

